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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"?
(a) Despair.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Shame.

2. What does Hester fling next to the brook?
(a) Her scarlet letter.
(b) Dimmesdale's Bible.
(c) Chillingworth's herbs.
(d) Her bonnet.

3. "Hester at her WHAT" is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Confession.
(b) Needle.
(c) Wit's End.
(d) Bedside.

4. Who, according to the narrator, is at the "head of the social system" in Puritan times?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Witches.
(c) Governors.
(d) Doctors.

5. Hester's work is seen everywhere with the exception of:
(a) At funerals.
(b) In church.
(c) At weddings.
(d) On babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 18?

2. Where are Dimmesdale's parents?

3. Why does Hester stay in New England?

4. With what kind of natural objects has Pearl decorated herself in Chapter 18?

5. When Dimmesdale exclaims, "O Thou to whom I dare not life mine eyes," whom is he addressing?

(see the answer key)

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